Other agencies might call it an internship program, but we offer and expect more.
Our Specialist program was crafted to be the leading program for college students and recent grads to build a future career in marketing or design. We see it as the last internship you’ll ever do.
Our Specialists work 25 – 35 hours per week (part or full-time with a daily hour lunch break) collaborating with our full-time employees, working for both our clients and Online Optimism itself. In return, we make sure they receive valuable, real-world experience, hourly pay, and the opportunity to team up with the best and brightest in the city.
You must be located in the Greater New Orleans region to apply for this position, and able to come to our office up to once per week.
You should apply for our Short Form Video Specialist position if you want:
- To hone your skills in filming and editing short form videos.
- The opportunity to create visual content on behalf of our agency and our clients.
- To build out your portfolio with video content planned and created by you.
- To lead the creation of short form videos from researching to its publishing on social media.
You have:
- Experience in social media video trend research.
- Skills with Adobe Premiere, CapCut, TikTok, Instagram Reels, Edits, or other social media video creation tools.
- Confidence in being in front of the camera.
You’re excited by:
- Creating videos for clients in a range of industries.
- Researching social media video ideas to stay on top of trends.
- Being on-camera for social media videos.
- Planning videos that align with our agency’s or clients’ voices.
What Are Some Features of Our Specialist Program?
Real Work, Real Experience
You’ll spend your time here working on real assignments and projects, being involved in actual client work, and teaming up with full-time Optimists as well as handling tasks independently. As one of our Specialists, you’ll leave us with a complete portfolio of work as well as a killer answer when you’re asked to talk about a time you proved yourself in your next interview.
Cold, Hard Cash
We provide $17/hour pay to all of our Specialists. For those still in school, we’re also happy to do everything we can to get you college credit. In addition, we’ll send you to networking events and educational lunches, ticket included.
Launch Your Career
A majority of our full-time team started at Online Optimism as Specialists, and many of our Specialists go on to work at some of the top digital marketing agencies around.
An Optimistic Culture
Our company aims to keep our team happy and facilitate work any way we can, which is why we provide you:
- A casual dress code
- Remote and in-office happy hours
- DEI learning through webinars and courses
- Wellness challenges
- Affinity groups
- Book club
- Networking opportunities
To be considered you must apply through our website, onlineoptimism.com.